The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-03


bonds. As he was leaving the court room
he was shot dead by the two brothers Of the
glrl.
A SHERIFF and one Of his posse were
killed recently in . fight with escaped con-
victs in the Flint district, !. T. One Of the
convicts was killed and the other mortally
wounded.
THE recent rains throughout the North
west have extinguished most of the forest
fires which have been raging in Wisconsin
and Upper Michigan with such destructive
violence of late.
The second annual convention Of the Ma
tional Butchers' Association met in the
Central Music Hall. Chicago on the 24th,
with Thomas Armour in the chair.
JACOB GRuENBURa has been put on trial
by the Carpenters Union of Chicago for
being an employe Of detective agency and
leading workmen into criminal acts.
The Michigan Senate has passed bill to
fine bucket-shop keepers 81, 900 and renters
Of premises for such purposes smaller
amount.
IT is expected that call for national
convention of the building trades journey
men of this country will be made soon as
an answer to the recent action of the master
builders at Chicago.
! THE Knights of Labor employees of the
Indianapolis Street Car Company have
been ordered to quit work to aid the strik-
erS.
| A ST. LOUIS paper gives an account Of
gigantic scheme to consolidate all the cattle
| interests of the Northwest and form COM
pany which shall control SIS, OOO, 600 worth
| of cattle and grazing lands. 1t seems to
have originated with the Wyoming Stock
Association of CHEYENNE.
REV. FATHER RYAN has been summoned
to attend the Dublin Bankruptcy Court to
| testify in the Moroney case.
THE National Butchers Association held
! a grand barbecue at Cheltenham beach,
| near Chicago, the other day, feeding 10000
persons free from 80 beeves and 100 lambs.
PEOPLE who had policies in the old Fargo
I'd. IT, Insurance Company held q meeting
| recently to investigate the condition of the
| company. 1t was alleged that the company
had assets of 5000 to pay liabilities of
sl25, 900. 1t was also alleged that Secretary
Lowell, Of Chicago had made away with
500, 600 belonging to the company.
THE street car stables at the old Brighton
Station, Cincinnati, burned early on the
morning of the 9th. Great difficulty was
experienced in rescuing the horses and the
destruction of property was said to be very
heavy.
GOVERNOR ZUL1cK. of Arizona has issued
| quarantine proclamation against the i'm
portation of cattle subject to pleuro-pneu-
monia, against New York, Vermont, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land. District of Columbia, Virginia, Illinois,
England, Scotland and the Dominion of
Canada.
STEPS have been taken by Racine (Wis.)
election officers to institute legal proceed
ings against Rev. Olympia Brown Wilson,
on the charge of attempting to stuff the bal
lot-box. Mrs. Wilson is the leader of the
woman suffraglsts of Wisconsin.
CONSIDERABLE excitement was created at
Denver, Col, recently over the death of the
trotting stallion j. A. South, who was re-
ported to have died from the effects of
poison given him to defeat him in the 2:3O
race, for which he was entered. He was
owned by Nat Bruen, of Burlington, Iowa,
al valued at $4,000.
THREE cases of small pox have been dis
covered at Los Angeles, Cal The victims
were all children.
AT Pavonia, O., recently ten cars con-
tanning cattle were totally wrecked and
two cars containing about 1900 live chick
ems were broken into kindling wood. The
loss to the company was about So, 900.
THE SOUTH
THE Memphis & Little Rock railroad was
sold at Little Rock, Ark, recently by or
der of the United States Court to G. B.
Rose for r. K. Dow and others for 5000
The purchasers intend extending the road
westward to Hot Springs and thence to
some point in Texas, and are responsible
for mortgages amounting to &, OF, 600.
THE Virginia Legislature adjourned sine
die on the oath, after passing resolutions
against coercion in Ireland.
SURGEON GENERAL HAMILTON says there
is no fear that yellow fever will spread
from the case which appeared recently at
Key West.
A DISASTROUS storm visited San Antonio,
Tex, the other night, damaging business
property and suburban residences to the
extent of over $4,000. The wind blew with
the velocity of a tornado and the rain fell
in binding sheets. The court house cupola
was blown down and the east wing badly
damaged. All the churches in the town
were damaged.
The Texas Press Association at a recent
meeting at Fort Worth took up the report |
OF the committee appointed to secure the |
modification of the Texas Libel law. The
report stated that they found it impossible |
lature and asked to be discharged, which |
was done.
w. ID. LEWIS, late president of the Brazos |
and Colorado Association, has been ar
rested at San Angelo, Tex, charged with |
obtaining $4,000 from Dallas bank under |
false pretenses.
A REPORT from Hartford, KY, Of the25th |
says that Prof. Klein, the astronomer, had |
sighted the temperance of the Star of |
Bethlehem. 1t was quite brilliant and was |
in the northwestern heavens. This heav- |
emily visitor makes its appearance about |
every 80 years and astronomers every |
where have been looking for it for some |
time.
A WRECK on the Houston & Texas Cen |
trail, between Waxahachel and Garrett,
recently, caused the death of the engineer. |
The fireman was seriously injured.
L. w. REID, of Virginia, has been ap-
pointed Assistant Register of the Treasury
of the United States.
A SPECIAL from Key West of the 18th
says: 1.-THE excitement occasioned a few
days ago by the appearance of yellow fever
was revived to-day by the death Of cigar
maker named Martin, recently from New :
where the sickness originated. This makes
four cases and three deaths''
GENERAL.
Mr.. STRAUSS, United States Minister to |
Turkey, arrived at Constantinople on the
sd.
IT is officially denied from Berlin that the
condition of the Crown Prince Williams
throat is serious.
QUEEN VICToRIA's birthday was cele-
brated quietly in one or two places in the |,